Born in Sainte-Rose, Quebec in 1888. Died in Macamic, Quebec in 1970. Marc-Aurele Fortin RCA studied the rudiments of painting with Ludger Larose and Edmond Dyonnet from 1904 to 1908 when he left for Edmonton, Alberta to work in a bank from 1908 to 1910. Before returning to Montreal in 1912 he studied at the [...]
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Wilf Perreault was born in Albertville in 1947. His formal training began at the University of Saskatchewan, where his concern for representational painting was at odds with the New York style abstraction dominant at that time in Saskatchewan. During this time he encountered the landscape paintings of Reta Cowley and Dorothy Knowles, whose expressive play with light in the landscape became a strong influence. After graduating with his BFA in 1970 and a BEd in 1971, and moved to Regina to teach art. There, his explorations of his new city became linked with his search for a subject matter. Perreault rejected conventional landscape views, becoming fascinated instead with the complex vistas to be found in the back lanes of the inner city. These hidden landscapes have sustained his interest throughout his career, providing an ongoing challenge to his skills in creating works that capture the play of light and reflection, evoking a human context that saturates his work with a sense of place.
Since the 1980s Perreault has worked full-time as an artist, exploring various subject matters such as portraits, while never abandoning his fascination with back lanes. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions throughout Canada and the United States, and in 1989 was chosen to be one of five artists representing Canada in Les Jeux de la Francophonie in Morocco, where he won the Silver Medal. Perreault’s work can be found in public, private and corporate collections throughout North America.
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“The dichotomy of different worlds, cultures and lifestyles Haskova has experienced are reflected in the divisive, compelling style of her paintings. They show sections of sharply defined images contrasted by abstraction and blocks of colour that nod to cubist techniques. One can argue that [her] paintings break the rules or that they break new ground” [...]
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A fourth generation Victorian, Laura’s roots run deep on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Mostly self-taught, Laura began painting in her teens. Her father was a draftsman and taught her perspective and line drawing technique, however he also encouraged freedom of expression. Before becoming a painter, Harris attended college, and worked as a graphic designer running [...]
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Artist Statement: A painting is a monument. It serves for engagement, consideration, contemplation. It celebrates as an object of desire, a provocateur, a companion. My paintings exist to honor the act of painting by focusing on formal elements, working to achieve perfect tonal balance, harmony and rhythm.
Sara Genn lives and works in New York and is currently represented in galleries in Banff, Whistler, Calgary, Regina, White Rock, Winnipeg, Vancouver and New York. Her works have won collectors in North America, Asia, and Europe.
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Robert Genn is one of Canada’s most accomplished painters, having gained international recognition for his genre subjects on Canada’s West Coast. He has painted landscapes throughout Canada, the United States, Central America, Europe and Asia. Born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1936, he attended Victoria College, University of British Columbia and later the Art Centre School in Los Angeles, California.
Genn carries on the tradition of the Canadian Landscape with fresh, crisp, painterly techniques and strong compositions. He especially exhibits his own brand of landscape painting by reducing grand themes to small panels painted in the wilderness he loves.
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A gifted artist and internationally known curator, author, and art critic, Terry Fenton has excelled throughout his art career spanning more than thirty years. He has held positions as Director of the Edmonton Art Gallery, Artistic Director of the Leighton Foundation near Calgary, and Director of the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon. An artist’s artist, [...]
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Nationally and internationally acclaimed artist Joe Fafard was born to French-Canadian parents in the small agricultural community of Ste. Marthe, Saskatchewan. He attended both the University of Manitoba (BFA 1966) and Pennsylvania State University (MFA 1968). He attended the University of Saskatchewan from 1968 to 1974 and, as a visiting lecturer, the University of California [...]
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Among his many honours, Ivan Eyre was elected member of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1974, received the Queen’s Silver Jubilee medal in 1977, the University of Manitoba Alumni Jubilee Award in 1982 and was the subject of several films and books. He has held solo exhibitions from 1962 to the present and participated in many group shows. His works hang in numerous private and public collections in Canada and abroad. Winnipeg is the home to the Pavilion Gallery which houses the largest permanent collection of Eyre’s paintings representing 170 works on canvas and over 5000 drawings. Eyre is also known for his graphite, crayon studies, and woodcuts.
Ivan Eyre lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba and continues to be an essential part of the Prairie art scene where he has lived most of his life.
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Chris Dorosz earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University in 1994 before completing his Masters of Fine Art at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in 1997. He now maintains a studio practice in San Francisco where he also teaches Color Theory, Design, and Painting at the Academy of Art.
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